Weekly operational update on COVID-19 - 13 December 2021

Overview

In this edition of the COVID-19 Weekly Operational Update, highlights of country-level actions and WHO support to countries include:

• WHO provides testing kits to Uganda for screening the COVID-19 Omicron variant of concern
• COVID-19 Contact Tracing Communication in Honduras
• WHO/Europe laboratory system strengthening mission to Kazakhstan
• UN agencies support intensive COVID-19 vaccination drive in the Philippines
• Emergency Medical Teams (EMT) in the Pacific: Strengthening national capacity for health emergency response
• Updates on WHO’s financing to support countries on COVID-19 response implementation to suppress transmission, reduce exposure, and protect the vulnerable and save lives
• Progress on a subset of global indicators that demonstrate country and global progress to end the acute phase of the pandemic